The Republican journal., 1887-07-14
Letter from Portland.

Letter from Portland.
Correspondence of the Journal
The death of Hon. Bion Bradbury has set
the cold-tOed Democrats wild. A cyclone of
hunger has struck our patient walters, and the
rush for the dead mans place Is furious. No
mugwump need apply. 1t is said that the
great and glorious Cleveland has sickened of
the muggy crowd, and the name of Endicott
makes him tired. By the way, our Grover is
stricken with mania for epistolary exercise.
Is a town pump to be placed in the square Of
Pumpkinsville, 10! our sturdy White House
occupant is preparing boomer in the form of
two cent missive, full Of taffy and squirting
towarda reelection. Verify, his autograph is
becoming as common rs that of the late la
mented Daniel Pratt. He will become the
great American letter writer.
Who will take Mr.. Bradbury's place as
leader: 1t is easy enough to find surveyor,
but leader like him Is not to be found in our
State among Democrats The nearest approach |
to him is Hon. Nathan Cleaves of this city. |
He is shrewd and able man. A leader, young |
and active, like the Judge, wil.infuse new zeal
into the hearts of his followers. The Lord |
knows they need something to stir them up. |
The Republicans are troubled with sciatica |
caused by kicking ut nothing. A party with |
the offices in its nav ought to have more |
vitality.
Our people are proud of our superb hotels.
The Preble, under the management of landlord
Gibson, is one of the best kept and most popu-
lar houses to be found anywhere. He has
lately improved it in various ways, enlarged
its dining roop. and made it, il possible, more
homclke than ever. The St. Julian is another
first class house and worthy of patronage.
The many friends of Hon. d. w. Fessendcn
will be pleased to hear that he has been aI-
pointed Clerk of the U. S. Court in this city.
Daniel is beloved by all who know him. He Is
at present quite sick but will soon, we trust,
be seen on our streets again fully restored to
health.
The coming session of the Grand Lodge I.
o. U. F., is, we hear, to be fully attended.
The eastern brethren ought to be In Portland
in force. An effort Is to be made to hold the
meeting in 1893 at Kockland, and if the eastern
members are on hand they will carry their
point.
The hot season is success as far as ener-
waiting humanity is concerned. 1t sends our
people to the islands and takes all desire for
business out of Il mans mind, especially Il fat
one. OCCASIONAL.
Concerning Contracts.
,loly,,or.to 1ot,,-,o,,
competent parties, upon legal consideration to
do or abstain from doing some act.
"An agreement between two or more parties to
| do or not to DO particular thing.
TANEY, c. j.
"An agreement in which party undertakes to
do not to do a particular thing"
MARSHALL, G. j.
IAN agreement between two or more parties for
| the doing or not doing of some specified thing"
1sT PARSONS. CoNTR. 5.
"a compact between two or more parties"
CRANCH.
AN agreement upon sufficient consideration TO
do or not to do particular thing
BLACKSTONE.
There various definitions of the term, but
the first given consider to be the best. In its
widest sense it includes records and specialtics
but the term is usually employed to designate only
simple or parole contracts. This is strictly the
legal Specification of the term contract, inasmuch
As that reciprocity of consideration, and mutually
OF agreement, which are necessary to constitute a
parole agreement, are not requisite in obligations
of record and in specialties.
The law of contracts, in its widest extent, may
be regarded as including nearly all the law which
regulates the relations of human life. Indeed, it
may be looked upon as the basis of human
| ccty. All social life presumes 1t, and rests upon
it; for out of contracts express implied, de-
clared or understood, grow all rights, all duties,
! all obligations, and all law Almost the whole
procedure of human life implies or rather is the
continual fufmcnt, of contracts.
Even those duties, or those acts of kindness and
affection which may seem most remote from con-
tract or compulsion of any kind, are nevertheless
within the scope of the obligation of contracts.
The parental love which provides for the infant
when, in the beginning of its life, it do nothing
self, would seem to be SO pure an offering of af
lection, that the idea of Il contract would in no
way belong to it, But even here, although these
duties are generally discharged from feeling
which borrOws no strength from sense of Obli-
gation there is still such an obligation. 1t is i'm
piled by the cares of the past which have per-
petuated society from generation to generation;
by that absolute necessity which makes the per-
formance of these duties the condition of the
preservation of human life; and by the implied
obligation on the part of the unconscious objects
of this care, that when, by its means, they shall
have grown into strength, and age has brought
weakness upon those to whom they thus in
debtcd, they will acknowledge and repay the debt.
Indeed the law recognizes and enforces this obli
| cation, to il certain degree, on both sides
Contracts are divided into three classes. LIST
contracts of record, such judgments, recogniz-
| ances and statutes simple. I'd. Speciaties, which
arc contracts under seal.-such as deeds and
bonds. 81. Simple contracts or contracts by
parole.
When ii seal is affixed to an instrument 1t makes
it specially, and the seal is used to distinguish
from all other contracts. Simple parole
tracts are distinguished from special contracts as
| follows:
Special contracts do not require cOnsidera-
ton to make them binding at law, while the con-
sider:tion is the very life of parole agreement.
\ special contract must he in writing, and seal
ell and delivered; but mutual understanding is
alone necessary complete q parole contract.
Parties estopped from denying their special
contracts.
Special contracts are in Of the death of
either party, binding upon the heir If mentioned
therein and by statute upon the etevisee, and af-
fects the realty; but the remedy parole con-
tracts extend only to the personal property Of the
contractor and is binding only upon his personal
representatives, nalaely. his executors ami ad-
minlstrators. Parole contracts may be the subject
of another article. WAYLAND kSOWITON.
NOfthpOBt C2Dp Ground sd Vicinity.
More people aYc ut NOrthpOrt than ever before
at this season Of the year.
| the Spipituasist c.snpground.
Some drunken cxcursionists from Bangor were
| not allowed to land ut NOrthpOrt, Saturday.
The Sea Breeze, NOrthport's seaside Journal will
ita frat